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Science Summit at UNGA 78

Science Summit at UNGA 78

Science Summit at UNGA 78

On the 22nd of September I have participated at the webinar on Innovation Systems and Global Value Chains organised by the Science Summit at UNGA 78 with a presentation on Green Windows of Opportunity, also presented at the UNCTAD Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment Innovation and Entrepreneurship on the 27th September 2023.

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Opening green windows. Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world 

Opening green windows. Technological opportunities for a low-carbon world 

Opening green windows. Technological opportunities 
for a low-carbon world 

On February and June 2023 I gave two lectures on Opening green windows at the Master in International Cooperation Development at the University of Bethelem and at the PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change

Here is the presentation 

How Can Global Value Chains Contribute to Greening the Global Economy?

How Can Global Value Chains Contribute to Greening the Global Economy?

How Can Global Value Chains Contribute to Greening the Global Economy?

On November 2022 I presented this collaborative work with Elisabetta Gentile, Rasmus Lema and Dalila Ribaudo at the ADB Workshop on Global Value Chain Development Report 2023: Resilient and sustainable GVCs in turbulent times. On July 2023 I have also presented it in Rio de Janeiro at the Istituto de Economia at UFRJ.

Here is the presentation and here the video.

Digital and Green Transitions:Opportunities and Challenges for Europe and China 

Digital and Green Transitions:Opportunities and Challenges for Europe and China 

Digital and Green Transitions: Opportunities and Challenges for Europe and China
 

A presentation in collaboration with Rasmus Lema (UNU MERIT) and Mercedes Menéndez (UNU MERIT) at the CHERN Workshop on Digital Power in China held in July 2023 at King’s College in London, also presented at CHERN Conference held at the Free University in Amsterdam on 7 and 8 September 2023.

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Using frontier technologies for greening global value chains 

Using frontier technologies for greening global value chains 

Using frontier technologies for greening global value chains 

In October 2022 I participated at the UNCTAD Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2022-2023 Inter-sessional Panel in Geneva. I presented this research also at the INNOVA Workshop organized by the JRC in Ispra in April 2023 and the CatChain Workshop at UNU Merit in June 2023 in Maastricht.

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EU GLORIA (GLObal Industrial Research & Innovation Analyses) Project

EU GLORIA (GLObal Industrial Research & Innovation Analyses) Project

In October 2022 I presented the review of the EU GLORIA project in Brussels. The review was undertaken by a team of external experts:  Prof. Hanna Hottenrott (University of Munich), Prof. Gary Gereffi (Duke University), Alex Nussem (European Industrial Research Management Association – EIRMA) and myself as team leader.

Here you can download the summary report

Do green foreign direct investments increase subsidiary innovation in renewables?

Do green foreign direct investments increase subsidiary innovation in renewables?

Do green foreign direct investments increase subsidiary innovation in renewables?

On July 2022 I presented a paper co authored with Vito Amedolagine, Ulrich Hansen, Rasmus Lema and Dalila Ribaudo at GeoInno in Milan, SASE in Amsterdam, the Workshop Sant’Anna YSI in Pisa and the annual conference of the Società Italiana di Economia in Turin. The paper was also presented in June 2023 at the JRC in ISPRA.

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Green Windows of Opportunity for Latecomer Development

Green Windows of Opportunity for Latecomer Development

Green Windows of Opportunity for Latecomer Development

On June 2022, I presented a paper on Green Windows of Opportunity for Latecomer Development at the Global Economic Geography Conference in Dublin and the UN Climate Change Conference at UNFCC. The paper was also presented at the Globelics@20 Seminar Series in March 2023 and at the Economic Commission for Africa, CEPAL, SASE 2023 in Rio de Janeiro and at the IAEE Conference in Milan.

Here you can download the presentation and here is the Spanish version.